Avenged Sevenfold are currently demoing material for the follow-up to 2007 self-titled fourth album.
The as-yet-untitled album will, according to said guitarist Zacky Vengeance, be the Orange County mob’s most “personal and epic” album to date.
“[Since] we came off of the road we have been focused on only one thing; writing and preparing to record what to me is our most personal and epic Avenged Sevenfold album,” says Vengeance. “The reason is the fact that everything happening around us in the entire world might be a once in a life time source of inspiration and direction. We have been harnessing every aspect of what makes A7X truly unrelenting and building off of that. I don't think we sleep too much anymore because of the excitement we feel while writing this album. Only a world spinning out of control could inspire the music and vision we have now.
“Once again it is fucking exciting,” he added. “We will continue finalizing our songs until we feel every note does both You as well as Us justice. We are also in the final stages of solidifying our production team, studios and engineers so that the second the axe falls and the album is written we will spend day and night in the studio until it is complete. This album will definitely take you on a very dark journey.”